I also brought a bunch of workout DVD’s home with me — yoga, pilates, and boot camp related workouts.

Yesterday I did a P90X yoga DVD, and this morning I decided to hit up a little more P90X. I started with their “Plyometrics X” which is apparently the mother of all their intense workouts.

LOTS of jumping and super high intensity cardio!

My legs will feel this later.

Weeeeeeeee!

After 30 sweaty minutes of plyometrics, I stopped the DVD and finished my workout with a 15 minute P90X “Ab Ripper X” DVD.

Followed by some stretching and cooling down.

What a great workout! It’s a good thing I worked up a serious appetite, too, because today is my office’s annual holiday lunchat an Italian restaurant near our office! Everyone was joking how convenient it was that I came back to work this week, the week of the holiday lunch, heh. But I figure it’s only fair, because I missed last year’s due to a final exam! 😉

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Those resistance bands are fantastic- they don’t take up much room in your luggage but can provide a fantastic workout. They’re also fantastic when you will be staying in hotel or a similar environment where space will be limited.

Woooo, you make me tired. It was 12 degrees when I got up this morning at 5:30 am and I am off to my zumba class and then to my k-bell class. Have a wonderful Christmas lunch today at work. Take pictures of the food.

That looks like a great workout! I borrowed the DVDs from someone a while ago, but I still haven’t tried them. The plyo is the one I am most interested in as well. I have also heard great things about the Synergistics one, so I’d love to hear your thoughts if you end up doing it

I generally like to go for a nice long run but since there are 8+ inches of snow on the ground and it’s about 10 degrees outside with a negative windchill, I’m stuck inside. :/ So, I do what you do. I pop in a workout DVD or two and go to work.

Whew! I’m going to have to suck it up and run outside in the cold. I’m heading up to DC as I type this and usually I would just stay inside and do DVDs but I have a half marathon in less than a month and a 10k on Saturday. Eek!

I love the exposed brick in that basement. How pretty. When I go to my parents’ house I’m lucky in that they are very into fitness so a good workout is never far away. They love to invite me out for long walks and their basement is also loaded with just about every fitness toy one could imagine – beautiful treadmill, ellyptical, weights, weighted bars, mats, etc. You name it they have it.

Hotels are a bit more of a challenge because when I am traveling for business generally I am going, going, going and the hotel gym is often closed by the time I make it back so honestly it is so easy to talk myself out of a workout.

Hey Anne! Thanks for this post. I’m heading far north for about two weeks over the holidays, where there will be no gym and certainly no outdoor exercise. I am flying, so I don’t think taking 5 lb. weights is practical, but I will definitely be packing some DVDs and my resistance band! The jump rope is a good idea too, I might have to go get one! Hopefully I can get in at least some small amount of exercise every day so that indulging in delicious holiday treats won’t catch up with me

My Dad and I like to run together. We usually do about 3 miles and then afterward we will do pushups, crunches, and I’ve been teaching him some yoga lately. It’s a great time to catch up with him since I’m usually busy running around with my Mom on vacation. Have a great holiday break (mine starts Saturday and runs till Jan 4th-I can’t wait!)

I usually aim for around 60 minutes total, including warm up and cool down and stretching. So yesterday I did 35 minutes of the hardcore plyometrics thing, 15 minutes ab DVD, and then about 10 minutes of stretching. It’s up to you thought – if you’re short on time, 30 minutes is better than nothing!